Faces of Pain

Perhaps the toughest part of struggling with chronic pain is the isolation. Many patients feel as if friends and family members just don’t understand what they are going through. Chronic pain sufferers may feel like a burden to their loved ones, or they may feel ignored or that their pain [...]

This month on Pain Doctor, we covered a number of important topics that dealt with chronic pain. When we look past the medical condition itself, we were able to explore what living with chronic pain really means. Who suffers from chronic pain? How can we begin to understand those with chronic [...]

Chronic pain is often referred to as a silent or hidden pain. Those who suffer from chronic pain due to illness, injury, or traumatic event do so with very few visible scars, yet the suffering is real. Faces of Pain is a way to give a face and a voice [...]